Mikonui River
The Mikonui River is a river of the West Coast Region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows northwest from its sources in the Southern Alps, reaching the Tasman Sea close to the township of Ross.
| Mikonui River | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Southern Alps |
| Mouth | |
• location | Tasman Sea |
| Length | 25 kilometres (16 mi) |
Early Settlers on the Mikonui
Charles Shearer (b 1826 in Denny, Scotland) and his wife Janet (b Costdyke, Scotland) settled in Mikonui in 1868. In 1881 Charles advertised his Mikonui River water-race for sale in the West Coast Times for two hundred pounds.
gollark: I try to avoid writing things by hand.
gollark: Meh.
gollark: "Waltz, bad nymph, for quick jigs vex." (28 letters) "Jived fox nymph grabs quick waltz." (28 letters) "Glib jocks quiz nymph to vex dwarf." (28 letters) "Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow." (29 letters) "How vexingly quick daft zebras jump!" (30 letters) "The five boxing wizards jump quickly." (31 letters) "Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz." (31 letters) "Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs." (32 letters)These 8 are shorter and mostly better (stolen blatantly from Wikipedia).
gollark: The fox/dog one is among the *least* cool pangrams, honestly?
gollark: sphnix of black quartz, judge my vow > the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog
See also
References
"Place name detail: Mikonui River". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
Goa Way Back, Early Hari Hari - Vic Berry, Published 1986
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